BIG NEWS!!!!!!!

Dear Family and Friends,

Hoooooooooolllllllyyyy coooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! Okay, okay, I have so much to write to you guys and I have no idea where to start! Well, to first start off, yes, we did have transfers and that's why I'm writing today! But I was COMPLETELY overwhelmed at the changes! I knew it was my time to leave Clara Estrella which was a little hard to leave! But at the same time I have so much love for that ward and for the members there! It truly has been a 6 month time of miracles serving in that ward! From the very first day I arrived there with a tiny little ward of 35 people attending without a bishopric and almost nothing to now leaving with a full ward full of callings and leaders with an average of 100 attending! Cualquier milagro!

It was hard to say my goodbyes, especially to Carolina and her family who are the family we had the miracle with--with finding the new furniture for them. And, of course, it was hard to say goodbye to mi hijo, Elder Alcaraz! But he is a machine and I love him so much! 

But now onto the BIG NEWS!!!! Ohh mannn!! This last 24 hours I have been a little panicked and stressed out! And a lot of humbling and relying on the Lord for help! Well, I will just get straight to the changes that have happened! Yes, I left Clara Estrella, leaving Elder Alcaraz behind and now I am in the ward 4 Poniete in Olimpo which is in Maipu which is where the center of the mission is. It is WAY nicer than my last sector . . . well, as much as I know of it because I'M WHITEWASH!!!!!!!!! And, Mom, if you don't know what that means, it means the two elders before left the sector and two new missionaries go in without knowing anything! BUT THERE'S MORE! I'M TRAINING AGAIN!!!!! AWWW!!!!! That is why I am writing today because we got to go to the temple today and I'm actually writing at the MTC! Ha ha, which is super weird! But wait! THERE IS EVEN MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess the Lord has a lot of trust in me to train again and to be whitewashed because now I'M A DISTRICT LEADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awwwww, yea, you could say I'm a little scared!!!! I can't believe it! Whitewash, training, and district leader right off the bat! And only with 9 months in the mission! HA ha! When president announced it in the reunion de cambios the whole mission just flipped out! Ha ha, but a funny thing is that Elder Hatch, who was in Clara Estrella with me for the past 6 months and who trained at the same time I trained Elder Alcaraz, is doing the same! Ha ha! }

But luckily, I have had a couple of tender mercies from the Lord today. (Which by the way I haven't received my new son yet! In about 3 hours I will) But one of the tender mercies was from Elder Bustos who is a missionary who is going to train today as well and we are companions today as we wait to receive our new misisionaries but the thing is that he served in the sector I'm going to. So yesterday after the transfer meeting we rushed to Olimpo and he started showing me stuff and who lives where and everything which was a blessing! And this sector is a whole lot bigger than my last sector! So I really don't know where to begin because I looked in the area book and there's almost nothing in them . . . there are only about 2 investigators! So! My new son and I are going to hit the streets and maybe we will be able to make it back to the house at night! ha ha!

Okay and another tender mercy was the temple today! I have never felt so much peace in the temple before! This past day has been crazy and my mind has been spinning like you wouldn't believe! But right when I was walking through in the celestial room the Spirit just hit me so strong! I was just overwhelmed with the Spirit and just a wave of energy just hit me and just told me, "Lets do this!!!" And I was like, Yea! Let's go! Ha ha! I don't really know how to explain it, Normally, I feel the spirit in small and still feelings and promptings but this time in the temple it was just like a pump up coach motivating me to keep going strong! Ha ha, that's the best I can explain! But I love the temple soo much! It really, really, really is the house of the Lord! He knows us better than we know ourselves and knows our strengthens and weaknesses. I also know that the Lord qualifies who he calls. I know I may be a little over my head with all these new things I have to do, but I'm ready! And even though it will be a challenge, I never back down from them. I know where my faith is and I know the power and help from our Savior and Redeemer.

I love you all so much and I know you guys are always praying for me. I have the best family and friends in the world and those prayers are so helpful to me, especially right now! I hope you all have a great week! Sorry this letter is a little shorter, but we don't have much time to write! I will write you next week with my new son! (Oh, and I still don't know who will be my companion, but president told us that there are 6 Americans and 1 Argentine. So it looks like I will probably get my first greengo compañion! Ha ha!). Thanks again for everything! Love You!

Love,

Elder Cowan